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Activities feature two special programs that explore 18th-century trades and pastimes that might have taken place at the property during the lifetime of the “Penman of the Revolution.”

Lewes, Del. program explores the experiences of veterans returning home following World War I and how they compare with today’s veterans’ experience.

Play features Dr. Who, the time traveler, who brings William Penn back to Dover.

Online exhibit revolves around 27 World War I posters from the collections of the State of Delaware.

Dickinson family members, tenant farmers, tradesmen, free Blacks, indentured servants and enslaved individuals are featured.

Series explores how world events have impacted Delaware’s history.

Tours explore the surviving hull section of this 18th-century shipwreck.

Exhibit examines the 17th-century struggle for control of New Castle, Del. by the Dutch, Swedes and English.

Exhibit featured the works of Orville Houghton Peets and his wife Ethel Canby Peets.

America’s participation in “the war to end all wars” will be brought to life during this five-day program that will take place at a variety of downtown Lewes, Del. locations from June 18–22, 2017.

President’s Day theatrical presentration will pit Washington and Lincoln against each other.

Destroyer named for Delaware’s Commodore Jacob Jones, a hero of the War of 1812.

Museum highlights the life and achievements of Dover’s native son, Eldridge Reeves Johnson, founder of The Victor Talking Machine Company.

Highlights include African-American life at the John Dickinson Plantation in the 18th century, a program on jazz pianist “Fats” Waller, and a presentation on historic properties listed in the National Register since the 1980s that are significant to African-American communities throughout the state.

Findings shed light on 11 burials dating to the late 1600s including three people of African descent.

Program seeks to identify the uniqueness of the Colonial cultures in the Delaware Valley in the 17th and 18th centuries.